There is tight security in and around Maiduguri metropolis as the Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is expected to arrive Maiduguri today to flag off a Special Relief Intervention to states of the Northeast affected by the Boko Haram crisis. All major roads in Maiduguri from the Airport, through Borno Express down to the Post Office and to the Government House have been blocked making clearance for the Acting President and his entourage for easy movement. The road to the venue… Read more

Gaidam calls for better synergy among security agencies against Boko Haram Yobe state Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has called for better synergy and collaboration between security agencies in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency. The governor who was speaking at a two-day National Sensitization Workshop on the implementation of National Counter Terrorism Strategy (NACTEST) for Adamawa, Taraba and Yobe states at Government House, Damaturu felt sad over the recent clashes between troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and men of Mobile Police Force… Read more

94 girls, ‎156 boys Not fewer than two hundred and fifty Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), mostly children are currently engaged in this year's West African Examination Council's examination in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. This development is coming at the directives of Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima that some of the students displaced along with their parents be evaluated to sit for the exam and continue their education. The Chairman, Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Engr Ahmed Satomi ‎who monitored… Read more

The Nigerian Army has arrested and paraded three girls on suicide bomb mission in Borno State. Parading the arrested suicide bombers, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Lucky Irabor said the arrest of the girls has probably saved many lives as no one knows the kind of havoc they would have caused. He also explained that the girls were paraded to let the public know that some of the suicide missions are been averted by vigilant security… Read more

Donates relief materials to victims of fire disaster in Yobe The Director General of National Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Mohammadu Sani Sidi has said that his agency is trying her bests to meet the humanitarian needs of the victims of terror and other disasters in the country. The Director General who was in Nguru, Yobe State last weekend to donate relief materials to traders of a fire disaster at the Nguru market said, the agency has so many challenges competing with… Read more

Troops of 27 Task Force Brigade in Yobe State have arrested four fleeing Boko Haram Terrorist with 100 concealed motor cycles during a mop operation in Madaki Village in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The operations according to the Director, Army Public Relation Brig. Gen. Sani Usman was conducted by troops of 27 Task Force Brigade stationed at Bara in Yobe State who apprehended the terrorists at the outskirt of the village. He added that the suspects, names… Read more

Reports from Chibok Community says, the entire community is in celebration mood as news of the release of some of their abducted girls by Boko Haram has been confirmed by the Federal Government of Nigeria, a source from Chibok has said. Though some of the parents are still not sure whether their children are among the batch of the released girls notwithstanding they could not stop in joining in the celebration of the news. Investigation reveals that Other communities like… Read more

Barely 24 hours after Boko Haram killed about five villagers at the outskirts of Maiduguri on Tuesday, MAIDUGURI today is yet hit with a car suicide explosion which has claimed eight life and 15 people injured. The explosion which involved a Volkswagen Golf car at Muna Garage Junction in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, was said to have been concealed in the car overnight as passengers unknowingly boarded the vehicle which was about taken off from the garage when the… Read more

WHO responds to the critical health needs of IDPs in Mafa and Dikwa, Borno State The World Health Organization (WHO) has said over $13.5 million US dollars is required as intervention fund to fix the healthcare system destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents in the NorthEast region of Nigeria. WHO has also disclosed that out of the amount required, only $2 million dollars have so far been received while appealing to the governments, individuals, organization to make donations that will… Read more

Survivors hold rally in Damaturu While the resurgence of polio virus in Borno State has caused panic and concern over the certification of Nigeria as a polio free nation, similar concerns are also expressed in neighboring communities with peculiar challenges. However, the cheering news has emerged that immunization officials have started accessing the Boko Haram liberated communities in Gujba and Gulani Local Government areas. The Executive Secretary Yobe State Primary Healthcare Management Board Dr. Hauwa Goni Fika disclosed this at a… Read more

A heavy downpour accompanied with destructive windstorm has destroyed power installations in Damaturu and other communities in the state keeping the state into total darkness for three days running. Apart from the destruction on power installation, many private residences and public buildings were equally blown off by the heavy rainstorm that lasted up to three hours on Wednesday afternoon. An official at the Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Damaturu who does not want to be named informed that the organization is… Read more

Yobe state governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Gaidam, has tasked University of Maiduguri to conduct research on the causes and come out with possible solution on the Boko Haram crisis. According to him, the university having situated at the heart of Boko Haram insurgency is can play a great role of establishing academic programme that would reduce or prevent violent extremism, start socio-economic and psycho-social intervention projects in response to humanitarian crises brought by Boko haram insurgency in the Northeast. The governor,… Read more

children dying of malnutrition, hunger, diseases Close to 600 people hitherto trapped in the Gwoza hills by Boko Haram and rescued by the Nigeria Army are at high risk without humanitarian assistance. Our correspondent gathered from reliable sources that some of the people were rescued from the Zalidva hills in Gwoza Local Government of Borno State are currently squatting with soldiers at a primary school in Pulka, while others are lurking in petrol filling stations without food, shelter and Medicare.… Read more